Claim · model-written summary
Soil previously occupied by Lepidaploa aurea negatively affected the riparian forest tree.
- Taxon
- riparian forest treee0
- Treatment
- soil where L. aurea had growne0
- Interactor
- L. aurea
Lepidaploa aureae0other - Outcome
- riparian forest treee0
- Direction
- negatively affectede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The invasive grass and riparian forest tree were negatively affected when planted in soil where L. aurea had grown, whereas the savanna tree showed increased growth”
Title
Polliana G. Lopes; Sarah C. Caldas Oliveira; Karina A. Salles; et al. Plant Ecology & Diversity 2018. doi:10.1080/17550874.2018.1539132
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Lepidaploa aurea leaf extracts reduced growth of all tested other species in the growth chamber.
- Intervention effect Lepidaploa aurea root extracts reduced growth of one invasive grass.
- Intervention effect Lepidaploa aurea root extracts promoted savanna tree root growth.
- Intervention effect Soil previously occupied by Lepidaploa aurea negatively affected an invasive grass.
- Intervention effect Soil previously occupied by Lepidaploa aurea increased growth of the savanna tree.
- Intervention effect Lepidaploa aurea litter reduced growth of one invasive grass species.
- Intervention effect Lepidaploa aurea litter increased native grass root biomass accumulation.
- Mechanism The authors suggest that allelopathic effects may explain Lepidaploa aurea establishment in restoration areas.